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Chapter 15
(Eva)
Finally seeing Damon Pierce in person had made me lose my breath. He was even more striking than in the pictures. He was staring at me intensely and I could feel my cheeks flushing. It should be a sin for someone to exist that was that good looking. Suddenly, I looked away. Damon Pierce would not be good for me. All my life I had been used and abused by both men and women. Someone like Damon was bound to hurt me more than all the others because I could tell I would care more. I needed to stay as far away from him as possible. I turned back around to face Eric and allowed him to help me stand up. The crowd was still gathered around me and I immediately felt embarrassed to have fallen to the ground in front of them when I noticed how large it had gotten. Eric smoothed my hair behind my ear.
“Are you okay? I don’t know how I lost control of the ball like that,” he said worriedly.
“I’m fine,” I replied with a small smile. “I just wasn’t paying attention.”
I could feel Damon’s piercing stare on my back. Eric looked up at something over my shoulder, and then put his arm possessively around me.
“Let’s get out of here,” he said. “Why don’t I take you to the movies?”
I really didn’t want to go to the movies with Eric, but I hadn’t actually ever been to the theatres, and I wanted to get away from the intensity of Damon so I agreed to go.
“Aren’t you going to introduce me to your friend?” said the same smooth and deep voice I had heard earlier. Eric looked annoyed.
“Of course,” he said reluctantly. “Eva, this is Damon, our team captain. Damon, this is Eva.”
I hesitantly turned around. He had reached out a hand to me. I held out my hand.
“It’s nice to meet you.” I said. Like Eric had done, Damon brought my hand to his mouth and kissed it softly. But while Eric’s touch had made me uncomfortable, Damon’s touch had the opposite effect. I felt actual sparks go up my arm from where he had kissed me. I looked at Damon surprised and wondering if he had felt anything. His eyes had gotten wider, but other than that he showed no sign that he was affected.
“It’s a pleasure Eva,” he replied. “I’m sorry that this idiot decided he couldn’t throw the ball today. But I’m not sorry that it led me to meeting you,” he said with a wink.
I slowly pulled my hand away and backed up a step towards Eric. I smiled and turned to go. Once again he stopped me from leaving by speaking once again.
“What movie are you going to?” Eric stopped walking and turned around.
“Not sure yet but we have to go if we are going to fit it in before practice,” he said, sounding annoyed.
“Why don’t the rest of us come along?” Damon asked, looking amused.
He obviously could tell that the last thing Eric would want was for him to come along with us. The group of guys who had been crowded around where I fell, looked liked they also played some kind of sport as they were all huge and looked to be in good shape, all came closer, looking like they wanted to come with us. Eric had no choice but to agree. He kept his arm around me possessively as we walked and I had to gently pry myself away from him. Although I wanted Damon to stay away from me, I didn’t want to give the impression to anyone that I was anything other than friends with Eric.
Even though I felt self conscious being surrounded by the enormous men around me, I couldn’t help but be eager when we got to the theatre. The air smelled like butter and I headed to the counter to get some popcorn while the others decided what movie we were going to. They had tried to ask my opinion, but I had told them that I would be happy to see anything. I didn’t explain that I had never been to the theater, or that I hadn’t seen a movie in several years. I felt socially awkward enough without pointing out things like that. I felt a tingling presence behind me in line and knew Damon had followed.
“What do you want to get?” he asked silkily.
“The biggest tub of popcorn they sell,” I replied with a laugh.
“A girl after my own heart,” he said smiling. “Do you want a soda too?” he asked, as we stepped up to the counter.
The poor employee at the concession counter didn’t know what had hit her. When Damon smiled at her she almost appeared to faint. I couldn’t blame her. Him smiling was like getting everything you had ever wished for in life. It turned his stunning face into something even more godlike. I felt myself swoon.
“Could we please have your XL tub of popcorn, extra butter, two cokes, and…What candy do you want?” he asked me.
“I can pay for myself,” I said shyly.
“What candy do you want?” he asked, ignoring my comment.
“Sour patch kids,” I said giggling. I had actually giggled. “Get a grip on yourself,“ I mentally chastised myself.
Once the concession girl had recovered enough to gather our food and ask for Damon’s autograph, the rest of the guys showed up. Eric looked angry.
“Eva, why didn’t you wait for me? I would have bought you whatever you wanted,” he said belligerently. Damon stepped protectively in front of me.
“Relax man, I paid for her,” he told Eric. Trying to defuse the tension, I stepped from around Damon.
